Warrior Within

Today is Tuesday, every Tuesday is Hatha for Warriors in my weekly series. If it wasn’t obvious before, each day’s theme is a bit of wordplay; yes we work on the Warrior poses and their variations, but warrior also refers to the people who make up our growing community.

If you’ve been to even one class of ours this year, there is a strong likelihood you’ve practiced next to someone currently dealing with cancer. Some of them can see the light at the end of the long tunnel of treatment and are celebrating great news, some of them are gracefully accepting their fate and making the best of the worst possible prognosis but they have been in class with you.

You may be practicing next to someone dealing with a disease affecting their motor skills, sharing your energy and helping them build strength and confidence as they learn to deal with a new body and new reality.

You may have practiced next to someone dealing with a lifetime of intense pain and a body slowly breaking down.

You have most certainly practiced with someone struggling with depression and anxiety, many people actually.

You have probably practiced and held space with someone who has recently been hit with an unimaginable personal tragedy or the loss of a loved one that brings suffocating grief.

Whether they are students or teachers they are all an integral part of this growing community, they always find the courage to face up to another day and we are honored when they choose to come in to class and share that courage and strength.

Everyone of us is coping in our own way, and everyone of us is absolutely a warrior 😊

930am Hatha for Warriors, who’s going to join me?

Namaste!
Shawn